Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting file a lawsuit over their nude scenes in Romeo and Juliet.
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The actors claim that they were shot nude without their knowledge.
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They seek damages worth $500 million.
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Olivia Hussey was 15 and Leonard Whiting 16 when they starred in the Oscar-winning version of William Shakespeare's tragedy.
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The actors, now both in their 70s, claim in a suit filed in Santa Monica last week that a bedroom scene amounts to sexual exploitation by movie studio Paramount, and that the company was guilty of distributing nude pictures of adolescents.
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Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting were seen in 1968’s Romeo and Juliet, which was directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
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The film was nominated for four Academy Awards.
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Now, years later, the actors have filed a lawsuit in court accusing the production house, Paramount, of child abuse.
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